Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!

Before Trick-or-Treating in Concordia

Happy Halloween all! We are pretty excited for this holiday! My little spider has been doing a bit of early trick-or-treating the past few nights just to get warmed up for tonight! It is a bit rainy here today so I am sure tonight will be a little challenging and soggy! Any who hope every one has a safe and fun Halloween. Here are a few pics from our Halloween festivities so far!

This morning with her treats for her friends!

The Treats!!! Thank you Pintrest!

Halloween from Mommy and Daddy!

Soggy Trick-or-Treating

But we still had fun!

What a Glorious Weekend…

 

I love this picture and this dress is too much!

We had a great weekend, had the chance to do some relaxing, spending time with family, and pumpkin carving who could ask for more! It is really rainy here today so I am channeling the amazing weather we had this weekend to get through today!


We started our weekend off by traveling to my Alma Mater for homing coming, oh how I love Mizzou! First thing was the parade, Charlot loved seeing all the floats, she told me that she saw tigers, horses, and three JOHN DEERE tractors leave it to my kid to come away from a parade with that list. She was especially thankful for all the candy she got. She has been carrying it around since the parade. She really is at a great age for these types of events; I can’t wait to take her again next year. I really hope this is a tradition we can continue for years to come.

At the parade enjoying some of her catches

Then we spent most the afternoon and early evening tailgating with the hubs sisters and their other halves. It was a beautiful day to be out. We grilled and sat around and really just hung out. It had been a long time since we all had had the chance to spend that much time together it was super nice. A big thanks to Auntie Mer Mer and her fiancé Jeremy for providing the spot and Jeremy for being the grill master! Though the tiger game didn’t quite turn out the way we had hoped it was still a great day.

Auntie Mer Mer

Every tailgate needs Cheez-its and tractors

So excited to see Auntie Ra Ra

On Sunday we headed to church and had a church dinner after the services. These dinners always do my heart so much good to see our church all together in fellowship. Sunday was capped off with pumpkin carving that evening at my parents’ house. I thought the hubs, Zach and I did a pretty good job!

Here we all are with our creations...Charlot wanted to put her costume on a bit early

Works of art!

So I have to brag on the hubs he freehanded this!

Happy Tuesday, and enjoy the last few days of October! I can’t believe Halloween is almost here!

Career Mom Mondays…Organization

I just thought this was super cute and funny all at the same time!

I am kind of OCD about organization just ask the hubs and my brother. It kind of drives both of them crazy. Especially when we are packing to go somewhere they both pretty much just get out of the way and let me at it. But organization in a house is difficult, or I have found it to be. Our house is not big and we have a bunch of crap. But a few things I have found that help me out either in saving time or saving my sanity because I can find them is what I am going to share today. Please excuse any typos I may have I am running on very little sleep due to a sick little one.


1. I used to hate it when I would change the bed linens and would go to grab another set and would always be missing a pillowcase or something. My solution is that when I wash these everything gets stored inside one of the pillowcases that way I can just grab and go. This also seems to take up less space in my hall closet.

2. The case of the missing shoe… I used to spend crazy amounts of time each morning looking for my or Charlot’s shoes. It was driving me crazy. So I enacted a new rule that we take shoes off when we come in the house and we instantly go to our room with them. This at least limits the search area. Charlot pretty much knows when we walk in I will help her take her jacket off and she takes her shoes off and runs to her room with them. It is a system that is seeming to work and shaving off sometime in the mornings. She even has a special spot she puts them in, in the closet.

3. Speaking of saving morning time I hang Charlot’s clothes in outfits. Now this may take longer when putting clothes away but it sure saves time come Monday – Friday morning when I can just reach in grab two outfits let her choose, hang the other one up and get her dressed.

4. The USPS could take over my house if I let it. And at times it does. Mail is probably my biggest struggle. (well it is second to laundry but that is the next item for discussion). When we get home the hubs or I sort the mail into junk , bills, his and hers. Junk immediately goes in the trash; bills go in the mail sorter. And he and I both have a slot in the mail sorter which I clean out fully on a monthly basis. Magazines only live a short life in my home unless they have something we really want then we have an assigned basket in the office for those.

5. Laundry…YIKES!!! I hate it! I hate it especially because my washer and dryer are in my basement. But my goal is each night to get atleast one load completely finished. Washed, dried, and put away (my biggest struggle). So I now have an internal rule that I don’t go to bed without folding and putting away the basket of laundry that is setting on my bed. You would be surprised what one load a night can do for your weekend work load!

6. Last but not least I make our bed each and every day. It just makes me feel better. If everything else in my house is a debacle at minimum my bed isn’t. And I CANNOT sleep in an unmade bed.

Hope these help any or all of you! I have more but I’ll save those for another day I really must go take a nap!

HA HA HA

Easy Caramel Rolls...

I know I promised these sooner, and I know all of you were anxiously awaiting this recipe, well your wait is over! For a co-workers birthday I made these delicious things. He could really decided what he wanted, and kind of wanted my mommas cinnamon rolls, which I do not make. When he finally said caramel rolls I said sure I can do that without really knowing what I was going to make. Then I looked back in the archives of my brain to find a recipe I had made a few years ago that needed some tweaking. Next I turned to tastykitchen.com, if you have never been ther check it out, and saw a few promising caramel rolls. These were what I came up with! Yummy!

Overnight caramel rolls

1/2 cup butter melted

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 cup pecans chopped

1 tsp salt

12 frozen rolls

1 package butterscotch pudding

The night before pour melted butter in a 9x13 pan. Mix sugar and pecans, pour over butter. Sprinkle with salt. Arrange rolls in pan leaving plenty of room between them. Sprinkle the pudding over all of it. Put pan in a cold oven.

When you get up in the morning preheat your oven to 300 and bake rolls for 30 minutes. When they come out of the oven turn them on to a serving platter. ENJOY!

Wacky Brain Wednesday

Just a few crazies on my mind today!

Last night I did Zumba for the first time, I know I am wayyyy behind! But it was a blast, although my thighs are still shaking from all that dancing! I really think this could be a workout this thick girl could learn to love! It was a big plus to have some really sweet people to do it with and great instructors!

After Zumba I felt my life needed some balance so I went home and made these! Oh they were yummy! I shall post the recipe ASAP( like tomorrow). They were for a co-workers birthday so I had to use some restraint and not eat the whole pan. 

I have been seeing these shoes every where and at first I was sure but the last week it began to get wayyy cold here and I saw that I actually needed these in my life! Here are a few pair I saw at target if anyone sees the hubs let him know these would be an ideal anniversary present! They even come in camo which he should appreciate! 

Hope all of you are making it successfully through your week!